K+MgSO4 BSN

Surgical, quality,management

Member

  • Content

    1,753

  • Visitors

    25,572

  • Followers

    1

  • Likes

    813

All Content by K+MgSO4

  1. K+MgSO4

    Net pay for aussie nurses

    K+MgSO4 replied to journey_bound's topic in International Nursing

    yep if you are not entitled to medicare (free healthcare to Aussies and those with reciricole rights) and you are looking for sponsorship then you have to take out private health insurance. Mine is...
  2. K+MgSO4

    Do you guys wear skirts or pants?

    K+MgSO4 replied to jess112's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    plus you would have to shave your
  3. K+MgSO4

    Nursing in Ireland

    K+MgSO4 replied to smbluthing's topic in International Nursing

    If that was the case you would be fighting me for a job cause even though I love it in Oz but it just a bit far away from home! Can't exactly pop home if I need a home cooked meal and a bit of TLC!...
  4. K+MgSO4

    Nursing in Ireland

    K+MgSO4 replied to smbluthing's topic in International Nursing

    You need to check with an Bord if you have the required hours for registration from both a clinical and theory point of view. Also the Irish economy is in the toilet. Friends of mine who graduated in...
  5. K+MgSO4

    PEG feeding, kangaroo pumps & Morphine.

    K+MgSO4 replied to carolmaccas66's topic in International Nursing

    It was an EN not a career so it was different, also I felt it was more that the balance of DDs was correct rather than them checking the drug as such. But I have only ever used clean water to flush...
  6. K+MgSO4

    PEG feeding, kangaroo pumps & Morphine.

    K+MgSO4 replied to carolmaccas66's topic in International Nursing

    hi Sterile saline or sterile water?? We have a long term jejunostomy feeder in at the min and she gets sterile (as far as it can be when reusing the syringe) water flushes. But I think that PEG...
  7. K+MgSO4

    Dreaming of Moving to Victoria...

    K+MgSO4 replied to KJStarling's topic in International Nursing

    I have only been in Oz 2 years and the first year I was back packing and broke, last year I had to fly to perth on my days off during cup week to meet a friend who wasn't able to come to Melbourne....
  8. K+MgSO4

    why dual heads best for starters

    K+MgSO4 replied to Chris NS's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Single heads have both functions in the head, it depends on the amount of pressure you put on the head as to which function you get - diaphragm or bell. So until you become used to the sounds of each...
  9. K+MgSO4

    Litman - choosing between single or double lumen?

    K+MgSO4 replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    It is a single head with a floating
  10. K+MgSO4

    Dreaming of Moving to Victoria...

    K+MgSO4 replied to KJStarling's topic in International Nursing

    Not a chance! Just done a metlink ( Home - Metlink - Your guide to public transport in Melbourne and Victoria) search from Helasville to Royal Melbourne hospital. NO WAY will you be able to do it if...
  11. K+MgSO4

    Litman - choosing between single or double lumen?

    K+MgSO4 replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Some say there is but I can't hear anything different in a double or single lumen Litmanns. Saying that I love my birthday/ Christmas present from my aunt of a master cardiology stethoscope! That...
  12. K+MgSO4

    Only 1 Oxygen/Vacuum outlet in semi-private rooms

    K+MgSO4 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked in 4 bed rooms where there was only 02 and suction on one side of the room, if someone needed O2 on the other side we either swapped beds or brought in the crash trolley in an emergency to...
  13. K+MgSO4

    Litman - choosing between single or double lumen?

    K+MgSO4 replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Personal choice. Alot of the single scopes have a "dual head" it depends on how much pressure you apply to the area you are
  14. K+MgSO4

    Posy Day

    K+MgSO4 posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hi all! So today is the first day of spring and at my hospital every in patient gets a posy of flowers. this is something I never heard of until I came to OZ. Is it just at my hospital (RMH) or is...
  15. K+MgSO4

    Litman - choosing between single or double lumen?

    K+MgSO4 replied to SiennaGreen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    a lot of the Littmans have a double lumen inside the tubing as opposed to the sprague kind which have a double
  16. K+MgSO4

    What is the best nursing advice you ever got from another nurse?

    K+MgSO4 replied to HealerWoman's topic in General Nursing

    1) if it is written to stand up in court.............Rewrite it 2) Your patients don't understand the technical words - simplfy eg "your IV has infiltrated, I need to resite it" means Your drip is...
  17. K+MgSO4

    Posy Day

    K+MgSO4 replied to K+MgSO4's topic in International Nursing

    Got soaked last night running from work to the car..................umbrella was in the car! Useful I can't complain about the rain cause all the Aussies same "its great" or "look at how much is in...
  18. K+MgSO4

    Nurses,say you had the chance to choose another career,which one would you choose ?

    K+MgSO4 replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    Probably go back to managing the bar that I was working in as a student. Had the job offered to me but I was only hanging around waiting for my rego to come through. But was a great team, owner...
  19. K+MgSO4

    Whole class got same steth...

    K+MgSO4 replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Why on earth
  20. K+MgSO4

    This may sound dumb, but why do stethoscopes get lost so often?

    K+MgSO4 replied to Spikey9001's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I don't need it to shower someone or change their dressing. And for some reason if it on my neck I can never get a IV line in! Weird! I take it off it is annoying me or if I am having a meeting....
  21. K+MgSO4

    Whole class got same steth...

    K+MgSO4 replied to SingDanceRunLife's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    put some lurid stickers on the tubing, cover them in sticky tape and you should have no problems. The dynamo lablel is a good idea for when you buy a better scope, have it engraved as well. And...
  22. K+MgSO4

    Over riding a resident?

    K+MgSO4 replied to beeble's topic in General Nursing

    I probably would of had the ECG done by the time the Dr had called me back or arrived to review the pt. And if I was feeling energetic at 6am bloods already drawn and a path slip sitting waiting to...
  23. K+MgSO4

    Posy Day

    K+MgSO4 replied to K+MgSO4's topic in International Nursing

    Ahh but proper central heating...............not the rubbish you have here :) Open fires and a white Christmas. Hat, scarf and gloves and THICK wool coats............And Thermal undies!! Passion...
  24. K+MgSO4

    Funny doctor orders

    K+MgSO4 replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    Clexanne is enoxaparin sodium I think it is marketed as Lovenex (?sp) in the US Flagal is metronidazole the IV anti-biotic. Off topic but welcome to the world of the non US nurse reading the boards!...
  25. K+MgSO4

    Posy Day

    K+MgSO4 replied to K+MgSO4's topic in International Nursing

    Freezing! Haha I think not.............should of been in Ireland during thier last winter. It was the coldest in 75 years. Frozen solid and snow for 4 months! thank goodness I missed